The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage(Polish:Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki Autorów Zdjęć Filmowych Camerimage) is afestivalthat celebrates and awardscinematographyandcinematographers.The festival is held inToruń,Poland,at the end of November every year. It spans the course of one week, with multiple events at one time.[1]

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage
Camerimage 2019, Jordanki Cultural Centre,Toruń
LocationPoland
Founded1993
Most recent32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage
Artistic directorMarek Żydowicz
Websitecamerimage.pl/en/

The first seven events (1993–1999) were held in Toruń, and the next ten events (2000–2009) were held inŁódź.From 2010 until 2018, the festival took place inBydgoszcz,before returning to Toruń in 2019, where it currently remains. In 2007, the name of the festival was changed from Camerimage to Plus Camerimage, but it was changed back in 2013 after the sponsorship deal withPlusended.

The festival has hosted many prominent filmmakers includingDarren Aronofsky,Jon M. Chu,Alfonso Cuarón,Peter Greenaway,Agnieszka Holland,James Ivory,Jim Jarmusch,Aki Kaurismäki,Krzysztof Kieślowski,Andrei Konchalovsky,Emir Kusturica,Ang Lee,Ken Loach,David Lynch,Paweł Pawlikowski,Roman Polański,Robert Richardson,Gus Van Sant,Ridley Scott,Volker Schlöndorff,Oliver Stone,István Szabó,Quentin Tarantino,Tom Tykwer,Denis Villeneuve,Andrzej Wajda,Peter Weir,andWim Wenders.[2][3][4][5]

Awards

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27th Edition of Camerimage Festival, Toruń, 2019
  • Main Competition[6][7]
    • Golden Frog (Polish:Złota Żaba)
    • Silver Frog (Srebrna Żaba)
    • Bronze Frog (Brązowa Żaba)
  • Student Études Competition (Konkurs etiud studenckich)
    • Golden Tadpole (Złota Kijanka)
    • Silver Tadpole (Srebrna Kijanka)
    • Bronze Tadpole (Brązowa Kijanka)
  • Documentary Films Competition
    • Documentary Shorts Competition
    • Documentary Features Competition
  • Feature Debuts Competition
    • Directors' Debuts Competition
    • Cinematographers' Debuts Competition
  • Music Videos Competition
    • Best Music Video
    • Best Cinematography in Music Video
  • 3D Films Competition[8]
  • Polish Films Competition
  • Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Cinematographer - Director Duo Award
  • Special Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Director[9]
  • Production Designer Award[10]

Main competition

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Golden Frog winners

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"†" indicates a nominee for theAcademy Award for Best Cinematography.

Year Film Original title Cinematographer(s) Ref
1993 The Piano Stuart Dryburgh
1994 Woyzeck(shared) Tibor Máthé
Crows(shared) Wrony Arthur Reinhart
1995 The Seventh Room A hetedik szoba Piotr Sobociński
1996 Secrets & Lies Dick Pope
1997 Character Karakter Rogier Stoffers
1998 Central Station Central do Brasil Walter Carvalho
1999 Elizabeth Remi Adefarasin
2000 Amores perros Rodrigo Prieto
2001 The King is Dancing Le Roi danse Gérard Simon
2002 Edi(shared) Krzysztof Ptak
Road to Perdition(shared) † Conrad Hall
2003 City of God Cidade de Deus César Charlone
2004 Vera Drake Dick Pope
2005 Fateless Sorstalanság Gyula Pados
2006 Pan's Labyrinth El laberinto del fauno Guillermo Navarro
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Le scaphandre et le papillon Janusz Kamiński
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle
2009 Lebanon לבנון Giora Bejach
2010 Venice Wenecja Arthur Reinhart
2011 In Darkness W ciemności Jolanta Dylewska
2012 War Witch Rebelle Nicolas Bolduc
2013 Ida Łukasz Żal
Ryszard Lenczewski
2014 Leviathan Левиафан Mikhail Krichman
2015 Carol Edward Lachman
2016 Lion Greig Fraser
2017 On Body and Soul Testről és lélekről Máté Herbai
2018 The Fortress Namhansanseong Ji Yong Kim
2019 Joker Lawrence Sher
2020 Nomadland Joshua James Richards
2021 C'mon C'mon Robbie Ryan
2022 Tár Florian Hoffmeister
2023 The New Boy Warwick Thornton
2024 The Girl with the Needle Michał Dymek

Additional festival events

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  • Camerimage Market
  • Equipment showcases
  • Various exhibitions and live music performances
  • Student Panorama (screenings of student films which did not make it into the main competition)
  • Camerimage Forum (a seminar devoted to authorship rights and working conditions of cinematographers)
  • Special screenings and premieres, reviews, retrospectives, meetings, seminars, and workshops led by well known filmmakers

Academy Awards

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Since 2013, short documentary films awarded the Golden Frog during Camerimage festival are granted consideration in the Documentary Short Subject category of theAcademy Awardswithout having to meet the standard theatrical run requirement. To meet all requirements, the running time limit of selected short documentary was decreased from 60 to 40 minutes. This way requirements for short documentary films selected at both Camerimage festival and the Academy Awards are the same.[25]

References

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  20. ^"LAUREACI EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2019!".Archivedfrom the original on May 11, 2020.RetrievedNovember 16,2019.
  21. ^Giardina, Carolyn (November 21, 2020)."Camerimage: 'Nomadland' Wins Golden Frog".The Hollywood Reporter.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2021.RetrievedJune 11,2021.
  22. ^Tizard, Will (November 20, 2021)."'C'mon C'mon' Wins Top Prize for Cinematography at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival ".Variety.Archivedfrom the original on November 21, 2021.RetrievedNovember 20,2021.
  23. ^Giardina, Carolyn (November 19, 2022)."'Tár' Wins Golden Frog at EnergaCamerimage ".The Hollywood Reporter.Archivedfrom the original on November 19, 2022.RetrievedNovember 19,2022.
  24. ^Brzeski, Patrick (November 23, 2024)."Camerimage: Gripping Danish Drama 'The Girl With the Needle' Wins Golden Frog".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedNovember 23,2024.
  25. ^"Camerimage chosen as an Oscar qualifying festival".International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. Archived fromthe originalon November 23, 2015.RetrievedNovember 23,2015.

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